Ice conveyance



Sept. 10, 1929. RUST 1,728,081

I CE CONVEYANCE Filed Sept. 15, 1926 INVENTOR.

' Albert A. Dust A TTORNE Y Patented Sept. 10, 1929.

ALBERT A. RUST, or crewman, onto; i

ICE conveyance Application filed September 13, 1926. Serial No. 135,001.

My invention relates to ice conveyances built especially for carryingsmall pieces of ice from the place of purchase to the home byindividuals.

5 The main objects of this invention are to provide an ice conveyancewhich will be light in weight, sturdy in construction, which can beeconomically manufactured, so as to sell for a nominal cost and which isadapted for 1 easy and convenient transportation of ice.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a box which may beremovably mounted on the frame of said ice conveyance for the purpose ofcarrying small articles, such as 1 groceries at the same time the ice isbeing carried.

The invention consists in providing a frame work mounted on wheels, oneend of which acts as a handle while the other end is designed tosecurely support or hold a pair of ice tongs in whlch a piece of ice canbe carried.

The invention further consists in the construction, combination,location and arrange ment of parts as herein set forth and claimed.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the invention, the carrying box beingremoved and one of the ice tongs supporting arms shown broken away;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1 showing the ice tongs supported by theice conveyance and holding a piece of ice;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the parcel carrying box; and

Fig. 5 is a cross-section taken through the center of one of the boxsupporting and retaining means.

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated and which shows apreferred construction, I provide .an ice conveyance comprising frame 1supported by wheels 2 and drawn by handle 3. When the ice is beingmanually drawn by handle 3 the central parts of frame 1 areapproximately level or parallel with the ground. Handle shafts 5,connected with handle 3 and central parts 4:, are bent upward from thelatter at approximately 45. The ice tongs supporting zi arms 6 extendupwardly and inwardly from the central parts at and aresecurely held inspaced apart relation to one another by spacing bar 7. The ends of saidarms 6 terminate in hooks 8 for the purpose of holding handle 9, of icetongs 10, upon the upper edges 11 of short arms 12.

Axle 13 is securely mounted beneath central parts 4 by passing throughholes 14 in brackets 15, the latter being securely fixed to said parts 4by rivets 16, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Wheels 2 are rotatably mountedon the ends of axle 13 and are held thereon by washers 17 and cotterpins 18. I

As illustrated by dotted linesin Fig. 3, the piece of ice 19 held by icetongslO is carried by the short arms 12 when the conveyance is beingdrawn by handle 3.

In order to remove said ice 19 andtongs 10 from short arms 12, simplyraise handle 7o 3 until ice 19 rests on the floor and hooks 8 freehandle 9 of tongs 10, whereby said conveyance can be readily withdrawn.To pick up ice 19, simply back the conveyance up against said piece ofice withhandle 3 raised so that hooks 8 engage handle 9 of ice tongs 10,then lower handle 3 until short arms 12 raise the ice from the ground,as will be clearly seen by the drawing.

Having thus described my invention, it will be understood that certainchanges and modifications can be made without departing from the scopeor spirit of the claims,as for instance, a box 20 for carrying smallarticles,

such as groceries, can be removabl mounted on central parts iby U-shapedclips 21 fastened to said box'20 by screws 22 and which are secured tosaid parts 4 by pin 23 which passes through holes 24in said clips 21 andholes 25 in central parts 4.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A conveyance forcarrying' ice supported by a pair of ice tongs,comprising an axle, a pair of wheels mounted thereon, upright 5 bracketsfixed to said axle, a metal frame bent between its ends to form ahandle, the bifurcated spaced apart members then diverging downwardlyfrom said handle to said brackets and attached to said brackets, 1

respectively, then extending upwardly and forwardly, then converginginwardly and extending forwardly parallel to each other and terminatingin upwardly curved forwardly projecting pointed hooks adapted to readilyengage the handle of said ice-tongs and to be easilywithdnawneanddisengaged therefrom by tilting @said l hebks downwardly:relative to said axle and drawing the conveyance backwardly,substantiallymas set and for the purposes specified.

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